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"The Other "
Discovering 'the other'...the 'voices' and perspectives of the global peasant movement...
The focus of our blog is on all those "Others" who seek the empowerment of small farmers and their communities throughout the developing world.
Our intention is build and share our understandings of those "Others" (what they think and why they think that way) to reveal new pathways to a more socially, environmentally and economically just future.
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| Haitian peasants march against Monsanto Company for food and seed sovereignty |
On June 4th about ten thousand Haitan peasants marched to protest US based Monsanto Company's 'deadly gift' of seed to the government of Haiti. The march was 7 kilometres from Papaye to Hinche, in a rural area on the central plateau, and was organised by several Haitian rural social movements that are proposing a development model based on food and seed sovereignty instead of industrial agriculture. Slogans for the march included 'long live native maize seed' and 'Monsanto's GMO and hybrid seed violate peasant agriculture'. To read more about this massive gathering, go to http://viacampesina.org/en/
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